The i-CANADA Summit: A Canada for the 21st Century: Join with Us in Advancing our Nation Building Campaign
i-CANADA Summit: A Canada for the 21st Century Sunday, October 21, 2012 SAT Multi-Media Centre, 1201 Boulevard Saint-Laurent, Montreal Register: http://cata.ca/i-canada/
Seizing the Intelligent Community opportunity to create a Canada of Value
· Progress in regions, country
· Awards for Queens Diamond Jubilee
Communities around the world are racing to create “constructed ecosystems” where knowledge generation replaces oil as the fuel of growth. The goal: sustainable work and meaningful life, based on the concepts of Intelligent Communities. The i-CANADA movement has channeling enthusiasm across the country, funneling it into new programs to catalyze the development of optimal communities. In this Summit event, held in cooperation with the WCIT2012 Summit, i-CANADA will:
Pull together four regional summits that have ramped up to this event;
Bring in global experts to speak to issues of new social media financing; first responder technology test-beds, and Women In Technology;
Celebrate outstanding Canadian leadership with an Awards presentation, where winners of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal will receive their awards; and
Provide immersive entertainment where high technology meets theatre.
MORNING: REGIONS OF POWER
10:00 Bill Hutchison, Chair, i-CANADA
with:
Francois Morin, CEO, WITSA John Reid, President, CATA Karna Gupta, President and CEO, ITAC
CANADA RISES
Keynote & Moderator: Peter Aceto, President and CEO, ING Direct with:
The Atlantic Super-Region Premier David Alward, New Brunswick
Alberta’s High-Speed Master Plan:
Robin Windsor, President, Cybera
The B.C. Super-Cluster Mike Hyrbuk, President and CEO, BCNET
11:15 – What It Takes To Win Chair: Pat Horgan, VP Manufacturing, Development and Operations, IBM with:
Brenda Halloran, Mayor, Waterloo Dan Mathieson, Mayor, Stratford Brad Woodside, Mayor, Fredericton
Noon - Lunch
AFTERNOON: SECTORS OF POWER
1:00 – Keynote: Most Intelligent Community Mayor Ron Loveridge, Riverside, California
2012 ICF Most Intelligent Community
1:30 - Country Transformation Nitin Kawale, President, Cisco Canada
2:00 - The New Finance, Crowdfunding and PPPs Discussion with Sherwood Neiss, The Startup Exemption with
Cindy Gordon, President, Helix Commerce International Mark Romoff, President and CEO, CCPPP
2:30 - The Need For Speed Chair: Kristina Verner, Dir., Intelligent Communities, i-Waterfront with
Jim Roche, President and CEO, CANARIE Darin Graham, President and CEO, ORION
3:15 - First Responders Building a National Public Safety Broadband
Network
Special Presentation on New LTE TestBed Results
3:45 - The Rush to “Open Data, Open Systems” Tapping one of the most important benefits of
the digital age with
Berry Vrbanovich, Past-Chair, Federation of
Canadian Municipalities Fawn Annan, President, IT World Canada
4:15 - Reception (Governors Council Meeting)
5:00 – Dance-Meets-Technology Demo “CANADA IN CONVERSATION” in the SATosphere
The real-time pulse of the Internet flow of communications among Canadians is represented in an immersive live performance, featuring never-before-see integrations of music,
dance, lighting and networking. A novel presentation of fabrics floating in a nest of air surround a dancer, with interactive networking…this is social media up-close and meaningful.
Presented by Bell Canada and Optelian
Special Highlight: Canadian Peace Service Brian Bronfman, President, Brian Bronfman Family Foundation
A new application of social media will show how programs can
connect people at a deep level with a cause.
6:00 - Café Canadien, Featuring Jubilee Awards! Celebrate 30 citizens who have contributed to Canada
7:30 Close
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